Mapletree Commercial Trust Analysis @ 5 August 2020

Basic Profile & Key Statistics

Mapletree Commercial Trust (MCT) invests in both office and retail properties in Singapore.

Lease Profile

Occupancy is high at 98.2%. WALE is short at 2.6 years where the highest lease expiry of 25.8% falls in FY21/22. Weighted average land lease expiry is slightly long at 76.66 years.

Debt Profile

Gearing ratio, cost of debt, and fixed rate debt are slightly low at 33.7%, 2.6%, and 73.5% respectively. 100% of its debt is unsecured. Interest cover is healthy at 4.1 times. WADE is long at 3.9 years where highest debt maturity of 15% falls in FY22/23. 

Diversification Profile

MCT is not diversified in terms of geographical and property. Top geographical and top property contribute 100% and 39.9% respectively. MCT is, however, diversified in terms of tenants, top tenant and top 10 tenants contribute 8.5% and 27.1% respectively.

Key Financial Metrics

Property yield and distribution on capital are low at 4.3% and 2.9% respectively. Management fee is not competitive in which shareholders receive S$6.45 for every dollar paid. Distribution margin of 47.5% is at the moderate level. 

Related Parties Shareholding

Sponsor, manager, and directors of REIT manager are holding significant stakes in MCT.

Trend

If we look at pre-COVID, DPU is on uptrend and distribution margin is maintained. NAV per unit is on uptrend. 

Fundamental Valuation

Favorable	Less Favorable
Diversified Sector	WALE
Occupancy	Top Geographical Contribution
Unsecured Debt	Top Property Contribution
WADE	Property Yield
Well Spread Debt Maturity	Management Fee (Due to Distribution Retention)
Top Tenant & Top 10 Tenants Contribution	Distribution on Capital (Due to Distribution Retention)
NAV Uptrend

Without distribution retention, distribution margin would be 59.3% (become 1 of the plus points), where management fees over distribution and distribution on capital would be off from negative points. MCT only provided a business update this quarter, there is no information on COVID impact on income and distribution. 

Relative Valuation

i) Average Dividend Yield

Dividend yield of 3.99 % is based on annualized DPU for the past 1 year. Apply annualized DPU of 7.587 cents to average yield of 5.34 % will get S$ 1.42.  If we take the DPU without retention, then annualized DPU would be 9.537 cents, which translates into S$ 1.79. 

ii) Average Price/NAV 

Average value is at 1.13, apply latest NAV of S$1.75 will get S$ 1.98.

Author's Opinion

Everyone can already seen a lot of retail crowd is back. Retail performance is expected to improve. MCT has been performing well all the time and I believe MCT could continue its good performance. For valuation:

i) Fundamental Intrinsic Value = (Removed)

ii) Relative Valuation - Dividend Yield = S$ 1.79

iii) Relative Valuation - Price/NAV = S$ 1.98

At the current price of S$ 1.90, it is slightly undervalued in terms price/NAV relative valuation. However, it is slightly overvalued in terms of dividend yield relative valuation.

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